HOUSE BILL 75

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Brian K. Moore

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AN EIGHT-COUNTY REGIONAL ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Twenty-two million five hundred thousand dollars ($22,500,000) is appropriated from the tobacco settlement program fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to fund the operation of an eight-county regional alcohol treatment center and intensive aftercare and transitional living programs in Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel and Union counties as follows:

                (1) eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) to fund the operation of a regional alcohol treatment center and inpatient alcohol treatment facility in Fort Sumner in De Baca county that will provide for:

                     (a) alcohol treatment services to residents of Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel and Union counties;

                     (b) payment for the use of the facility, utilities, supplies, office equipment and the salaries of treatment providers and support staff; and

                     (c) quality assurance and evaluation services to monitor alcohol-related statistics; and

                (2) eleven million five hundred thousand dollars ($11,500,000) for intensive aftercare and transitional living programs that will enhance and supplement existing programs in Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel and Union counties, including:

                     (a) a comprehensive alcohol treatment aftercare and follow-up program;

                     (b) a youth treatment and aftercare program;

                     (c) a transportation system to and from the regional alcohol treatment center;

                     (d) a coordination, planning and evaluation program to be administered by no fewer than two representatives from the county health and wellness councils of each county;

                     (e) a board of advisors representing each county that will participate in alcohol prevention and treatment-related training programs. Board members shall not receive compensation for the performance of their duties but shall be paid per diem and mileage for attendance at board and training meetings as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act; and

                     (f) a quality assurance and evaluation services program to monitor alcohol-related statistics.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2010 shall revert to the tobacco settlement program fund.

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